Welcome back to the last term of 2014. This term we will be working in reading groups called Reading Circles.

• The main aim of reading circles is that you enjoy your reading!

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• Everyone will share their ideas and thinking about their book.
• Everyone will be treated with respect by everyone else. No one’s ideas are too weird…
• It is the responsibility of each member of the reading circle to read the required number of pages each week.

You will also need to write
- a short summary of what happened.
- how you felt and what it made you think of.
- what you think will happen next.

You will also research any extra information which will help you understand facts and feelings in the book better.

This should be between a half and a full page and will be shared during the Reading Circles.

Each session, you will have a job, which means you will think about analysing and finding extra information in your book, depending on your job for that week.

Remember, you mustn’t read extra pages in advance in case you accidentally give away what happens for everyone else during discussions in Reading Circles.

This means that you would wreck it for others and that is not fair…
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Everyone:

1. Summarizer: Your job is to prepare a brief summary of today’s reading. Your group discussion will start with your 1-2 minute statement that covers the key points, main highlights, and general idea of today’s reading assignment.
2. Researcher: Your job is to dig up some background information on any relevant topic related to your book.

Weekly role:

1. Questioner/Discussion Director: Your job is to develop a list of questions that your group might want to discuss about this part of the book. Don’t worry about the small details; your task is to help people talk over the big ideas in the reading and share their reactions. Usually the best discussion questions come from your own thoughts, feelings, and concerns as you read.
2. Connector: Your job is to find connections between the book and you, and between the book and the wider world.
3. Illustrator: Good readers make pictures in their minds as they read. This is a chance to share some of your own images and visions. Draw some kind of picture related to the reading you have just done.
4. Travel Tracer: When you are reading a book in which characters move around often and the scene changes frequently, it is important for everyone in your group to know where things are happening and how the setting may have changed.
5. Word Wizard: The words a writer chooses are an important ingredient of the author’s craft. Your job is to be on the lookout for a few words that have special meaning in today’s reading selection.
6. Literary Luminary: Your job is to locate a few special sections or quotations in the text for your group to talk over. The idea is to help people go back to some especially interesting, powerful, funny, puzzling, or important sections of the reading and think about them more carefully.

Tuck Everlasting

Tuck Everlasting is a fantasy children's novel by Natalie Babbitt. It was published in 1975. The book explores the concept of immortality and the reasons why it might not be as desirable as it appears to be. It has sold over two million copies and has been called a classic of modern children's literature.

Author	Natalie Babbitt
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Immortality,
Genre	Children's book, Fantasy,Romance comedy
Publisher
Publication date	1975
Media type	Print
Pages	139 pages

Plot summary

Ten-year-old Winnie Foster is tired of her family and is thinking of running away from her rural hometown of Treegap. One day, while in a wooded area her family owns, she meets a boy about the age of 17 drinking from a spring.


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LITERARY CIRCLE, ROLE PLANNER, Group 1

Names: Ahmed, Iman, Kay, Hashim, Hayden


Every week each of you must also be a summariser and researcher

1.Summariser and researcher: Your job is to prepare a brief summary of today’s reading. Your group discussion will start with your 1-2 minute statement that covers the key points, main highlights, and general idea of today’s reading assignment.
2. Researcher: Your job is to dig up some background information on any relevant topic related to your book.

Have a look at what your weekly role is for each reading session	week 1 Read pages 1-15 by Tuesday 28 October	week 2 Read chapters 4 & 5 by Thursday 30th	week 3 Read chapters 6 to 8 by Thursday 6th Nov.	week 4 Read chapters 9 to 13 by Tuesday 11th Nov	week 5 Read chapters 14 to 15 by Tuesday 18th Nov.	week 6 Read chapters 16 to 21 by Tuesday 2nd Dec	week 7
Questioner /Discussion Director	Ahmed	Hayden	Hashim	Kay	Iman	Ahmed	Hayden
Connector	Iman	Ahmed	Hayden	Hashim	Kay	Iman	Ahmed
Illustrator	Kay	Iman	Ahmed	Hayden	Hashim	Kay	Iman
Travel Tracer	Hashim	Kay	Iman	Ahmed	Hayden	Hashim	Kay
Word Wizard or Literary Luminary	Hayden	Hashim	Kay	Iman	Ahmed	Hayden	Hashim

LITERARY CIRCLE, ROLE PLANNER Group 2

Names: Ayush, Faris, Seline, Emina, Sarah

Every week each of you must also be a summariser and researcher
1. Summariser and researcher: Your job is to prepare a brief summary of today’s reading. Your group discussion will start with your 1-2 minute statement that covers the key points, main highlights, and general idea of today’s reading assignment.
2. Researcher: Your job is to dig up some background information on any relevant topic related to your book.

Have a look at what your weekly role is for each reading session	week 1 week 1 Read pages 1-15 by Tuesday 28 October	week 2 Read chapters 4 & 5 by Thursday 30th	week 3 Read chapters 6 to 8 by Thursday 6th Nov.	week 4 Read chapters 9 to 13 by Tuesday 11th Nov	week 5 Read chapters 14 to 15 by Tuesday 18th Nov.	week 6 Read chapters 16 to 21 by Tuesday 2nd Dec	week 7
Questioner /Discussion Director	Ayush	Sarah	Emina		Seline	Faris	Ayush
Connector	Faris	Ayush	Sarah	Emina		Seline	Faris
Illustrator	Seline	Faris	Ayush	Sarah	Emina		Seline
Travel Tracer		Seline	Faris	Ayush	Sarah	Emina
Word Wizard	Emina		Seline	Faris	Ayush	Sarah	Emina
Literary Luminary	Sarah	Emina		Seline	Faris	Ayush	Sarah

Week 1
16th October



23rd October
If you had the chance to stay young forever, would you take it? Why or why not?

FOCUS ACTIVITY Think-Pair-Share

With a partner, list possible advantages and disadvantages of never growing any older.

Read to find out how a mysterious family stays young.

VOCABULARY PREVIEW- Remember to check the meaning of words

axis n. straight line around which something rotates

contemplation n. process of thinking something through disheartened [dis ha􏰂 rt􏰁ənd ] adj. discouraged

implore v. to beg

primly adv. stiffly; daintily

recede v. to move backward; to withdraw

rueful adj. sad

venture n. bold or risky act

Active Reading
Tuck Everlasting Prologue and Chapters 1–8

Recall and Interpret

Chapter 1

1. Briefly describe the Fosters’ house and yard. How do they reflect the Fosters’ personality?

Chapter 1

• How does the author’s use of language help you to understand the setting?
  • Why aren’t the Fosters curious about the wood? If you were Winnie, do you think you might have wanted to explore the wood? Why or why not?

Chapter 2

• Why does Angus Tuck consider his dream about heaven a “good dream”?
  • Why do you think Mae Tuck doesn’t care about her appearance anymore?

Chapter 3

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• • What do you think Winnie’s life is like? How does it compare to your life?
• ** Why does Winnie throw stones at the toad? What emotion do you think she is feeling?
  • Why does Winnie tell the toad she wants to run away?

The Tucks have mixed feelings about living forever. Use the chart to note their attitudes about what has happened in their lives since they drank from the spring. In the second column, summarize in a few words their feelings about living forever.

Character	Comments	Feeling About Living Forever
Angus	Wishes things would change	Bored and sad
Mae
Miles
Jesse

Short Answer: Answer the following question based on what you read in Chapter 6.
Describe the kidnapping. How does it differ from Winnie's imagination?
Where do Jesse, Miles, and Mae Tuck take Winnie?
What does Mae Tuck tell the man in the yellow suit?
How does Mae Tuck stop Winnie's crying?
What does Winnie realize about the music?

*Add the people from Chapter 6 to your Character list on page 8. 27 Tuck Everlasting
Chapter 7
Short answer: Answer the following question based on what you read in Chapter 7.
What happened to the Tucks 87 years ago?
Who drank from the spring? Who did not?
What happened when people began to realize that the Tucks were not like ordinary people?
What did the Tucks do with the information about the magic spring? _ _
*Did you meet any new characters in Chapter 7? If so, add them to your Character list on page 8.
Review Chapters 6 & 7
Dig Deeper: Select one of the following questions based on chapters six and seven and write a response of three or more complete sentences.

• 􏰀 The Tucks will live forever. How do you think they feel about it? What are the good things and bad things about their situation?
• 􏰀 Why do you think the Tucks take Winnie away from the wood to tell her their story?
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Review: Choose the best answer for the following items based on chapters 6 and 7.
Whom does the group see leaving the wood?
0 Mr. Foster
0 Angus Tuck
0 The stranger in the yellow suit
0 Jesse
What helps to calm Winnie down?
0 Hug
0 Music box
0 Candy
0 Flowers
What gift does the water from the spring give?
0 Happiness
0 Intelligence
0 Three wishes
0 Eternal life
Which character is 104 years old?
0 Miles
0 Jesse
0 The man in the yellow suit
0 Mae
Which animal, according to the Tucks, did NOT drink from the spring?
0 Cat
0 Horse
0 Dog
0 Toad

Short answer: Answer the following question based on what you read in Chapter 8.
Jesse and Miles have different feelings about being able to live forever. Describe how each feels about it.
How does Winnie feel in the company of the Tucks? Why do you think she feels this way?
Other than Winnie, who else learns the fantastic story about the spring?

*Did you meet any new characters in Chapter 8? If so, add them to your Character list on page 8.

CHAPTERs 12-15

Short Answer: Answer the following question based on what you read in Chapter 12.
Tuck tells Winnie about the wheel of life. What is the wheel of life and why is it important? _

Why does Tuck wish to get back to being a part of the wheel of life? _
What does Tuck tell Winnie that would happen if other people found out about the spring? _ _
What is stolen from the Tucks? _


What does the man in the yellow suit tell Winnie's grandmother?

• At the beginning of chapter 12, the author writes, "Across the pond a bullfrog spoke a deep note of warning." What do you think the bullfrog might be warning Winnie about?
• Why do you think Tuck does not like the idea of never dying?
• When Tuck explains to Winnie that dying is part of the wheel of life, he tells her, "You can't have living without dying. So you can't call it living, what we got. We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the road." Paraphrase this statement by explaining it in your own words. Then, discuss why Tuck would compare his family's lives to "rocks beside the road."

Review: Choose the best answer for the following items based on chapters 11, 12 and 13.
Winnie wants to go home for many reasons. Which one of the following is NOT one of those reasons?
0 She is uncomfortable eating with the Tucks
0 She does not want to sleep in the Tucks’ dirty house
0 She is afraid to be with strangers who might be crazy
0 She thinks that she is missing something exciting at home


Who explains the wheel of life to Winnie?
0 Tuck
0 Miles
0 Jesse
Tuck wants to get back onto the wheel because he wants to 0 Grow old and change

0 Celebrate his birthday
0 Buy a new house
0 Make new friends


Tuck doesn’t want people to know the secret of the spring because he
0 Wants to keep it all for himself
0 Is afraid that people will run to drink it and be sorry
forever after
0 Doesn’t believe that other people deserve to live forever
0 Isn’t sure what people would do if they found out they could
live forever


Which is the best description of how Winnie feels after she and Tuck have had their talk out on the pond?
0 Happy
0 Confused
0 Angry


What does the yellow-suited stranger want in exchange for telling where Winnie is? _